Sometimes a break isn’t bad.
Aug. 28th, 2011 11:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elingregoryI’m having a hiatus in writing at the moment. Not because I want to but because real life demands it. On Tuesday there is a large public event at my place of work – a ‘pirate fun day’ for small children – and that has been taking up a lot of my mental energy. Yes, folks, if you need anyone to make 150 cutlasses out of pipe lagging and packing foam, I’m your armourer. Also hats, eyepatches, treasure chests, treasure, boats, maps – anything piratey that can be made out of paper/card and doublesided tape. We have a small budget. [Stevie - if you need templates gimme a call]
Additionally, it’s my daughter’s birthday on Tuesday so I’m having to do one of those house cleans where I take everything off the shelves, wash them, wash the shelves, put everything back and move on. I’m writing this while I drink coffee and wait for a lot of stuff to dry out. The daughter, 19, is sort of helping, in that she’s wafting around making promises about what she will do tomorrow while I’m at work. [British Bank Holidays don't apply to museum staff - people need somewhere to go after all.] House cleaning is boring but I’ve got into a rhythm over the past few days and, as usual, while my hands are mindlessly busy my brain gets creative.
I’m alternating between violent incidents in 6th century Dalriada and mildly amusing ones in Whitehall in the 1920s. I only wish my brain was this fertile on the odd occasions I actually manage to sit down in the peace and quiet and try to write. I wonder if a voice recording thing would work – though I’d have to be careful not to do it when anyone’s in earshot.
Additionally, it’s my daughter’s birthday on Tuesday so I’m having to do one of those house cleans where I take everything off the shelves, wash them, wash the shelves, put everything back and move on. I’m writing this while I drink coffee and wait for a lot of stuff to dry out. The daughter, 19, is sort of helping, in that she’s wafting around making promises about what she will do tomorrow while I’m at work. [British Bank Holidays don't apply to museum staff - people need somewhere to go after all.] House cleaning is boring but I’ve got into a rhythm over the past few days and, as usual, while my hands are mindlessly busy my brain gets creative.
I’m alternating between violent incidents in 6th century Dalriada and mildly amusing ones in Whitehall in the 1920s. I only wish my brain was this fertile on the odd occasions I actually manage to sit down in the peace and quiet and try to write. I wonder if a voice recording thing would work – though I’d have to be careful not to do it when anyone’s in earshot.
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Date: 2011-08-28 01:04 pm (UTC)That sounds a very efficient method of getting rid of stuff. Paul has been 'making space in the study' for a week. Also 'finishing the chest of drawers'. Both are laudable efforts but neither particularly helpful re Tuesday.
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Date: 2011-08-28 01:52 pm (UTC)